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ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE
PROFESSOR
GEOGRAPHY
(ENERGY POLICY): THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
Tenure track faculty position at the rank of
Assistant/Associate Professor. The
Department of Geography (www.geog.psu.edu) welcomes...

Description: Ph.D. candidate Nathan Amador explains how warming in the Arctic leads to the development of more glacial melt lakes, and how the presence of those lakes leads to increased calving, and ultimately enhanced mass loss of the ice sheet.

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Shouts
of joy resonated in the normally quiet third floor of Walker Building on
Friday, March 30, when geography graduate student Russell Hedberg learned by e-mail that he won a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate
Research...

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ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
GEOGRAPHY (GISCIENCE), THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
Tenure track faculty position at the rank of Assistant
Professor specializing in geographic information science (GIScience). We are
interested in candidates...

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David Knoppers of State College, Pa., has been selected as
the student marshal for the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences during the
Penn State University Park summer commencement on Saturday, August 11, 2012.
Knoppers’s faculty...

Description: The GEMS Board of Directors has formally approved the
formation of a new Department of Geography Affiliate Program Group (APG) that will work closely with the
Department of Geography. Director of Alumni Relations for the College of Earth...

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Two faculty members and one Ph.D.
student have been awarded Gladys Snyder Education Grants from the College of
Earth and Mineral Sciences for two projects using technology to enhance undergraduate
learning. The purpose of Gladys Snyder...

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—Land
use and land cover change to have its own chapter
A
number of Penn Staters, including several geographers, are contributing to the
National Climate Assessment (NCA) 2013 Report, to be published next year by the
United...

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While geographers often study far-off
places, important lessons about how humans interact with the planet can also be
learned in our own backyards.
The Geography 430: Human Uses of the
Environment class during Maymester 2012...

Description: By Angela Rogers
Signage placed ineffectivelyTrying to find a book in the stacks of the University Park
Libraries can be frustrating and make you feel like a mouse lost in a maze—but
it’s not all your fault! In fact, it’...

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“Good
policies can and do make the University a better place.”
Associate Head in the Department of Geography Brent Yarnal
was elected as the 2012–13 Chair-Elect for the University Faculty Senate. This
means he will be the...